Jackrabbitt

Grave and I got invited out to some downhill style trails in Settmurthy, so we decided to check them out. I say downhill type trails because I am guessing that downhill riders would find it a bit too smooth, so maybe its more of a freeride place…I dunno, we took the bikes anywho! Walking up the trail, you could see so many different lines heading all over the place, I felt like a kid in a toyshop. “I wanna try that one, ooo, I wanna try that one….OOOO I wanna try that one!”. Gaps, berms, drop, tables, roots, rocks, dirt, trees…totally awesome! Good evenings ride had with Grave, Original Tom and James. Cheers lads.

In recent times I have noticed a distinct lack of use on the Jackrabbitt site, and it made me wonder if the amount of effort put into running the forum and the website is actually beneficial to anyone. The principle to Jackrabbitt is to form a community, a way of meeting people and getting the soul sports message known, but it would appear that word of mouth is actually the best form of this and the website/forum is not actually needed, especially with mediums such as Facebook and MPORA easily available.

Let us know what you think. What does Jackrabbitt mean to you?

Snow-Camp 2010 from The Progress Film Company on Vimeo.

Last Novermber, 4 of the Jackrabbitt crew headed out on the SnowBall Rally, if you go to our earlier posts you will be able to see a day by day write up of all the events. A lot of people sponsored us, and we raised £2.2K for the charity, so anyone that donated, you should be proud to have helped.

Thanks for all your support from everyone, and especially the awesome efforts from Nic, Napper and Gandy. You represented Jackrabbitt better than we could have asked for.

Wakeboarding in Sheffield

So there was Rick, Napper, Herring and me, with only Napper having tried it before, the rest of us were wakeboard virgins. We aimed to be there for 10am…which Rick did, and then we finally arrived at 11am…sorry Rick! The place didn’t open till 11am anyway so it wasn’t like we had wasted wakeboarding time. The sun was out and we were ready for anything!
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Up the back of Walna Scar

Once in a while it is nice to test your limits and see how far you can actually go, to get outside your comfort zone and take on a challenge. Well, this weekend I did that, I got invited on a big ride round the Lakes, loop from Coniston up to Parkamoor and then Seathwaite finishing of with Walna Scar! Select the image to go and see the gps tracked route.

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